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When I read the news (Guardian, Le Monde, FT and LinkedIn) I often spend time on the technology related articles. I have noticed that a lot of "column inches" (or maybe we should say pixels now) are given over to autonomous cars, trucks and ships. So far the technology promises a lot but is still some way form actually delivering. Artificial Intelligence is still not capable of making relatively simple decisions related to unforeseen events on the road. What I don't understand is why we don't first develop remote controlled vehicles rather than autonomous ones. If we take the road haulage industry for example. If a trucking company developed a remote controlled truck, it could significantly reduce its costs by operating its trucks 24 hrs a day instead of 12 at most. The drivers would just drive the truck in a relay taking 8 hour shifts. They could be in a more comfortable "video game" type environment and would sleep at home every night rather than being out on the road alone. You could imagine the same thing for buses, taxis, ships, trains and even planes. Instead of using our remote control capability to make War Drones why don't we use it to make life easier for all of us?
When I read the news (Guardian, Le Monde, FT and LinkedIn) I often spend time on the technology related articles. I have noticed that a lot of "column inches" (or maybe we should say pixels now) are given over to autonomous cars, trucks and ships. So far the technology promises a lot but is still some way form actually delivering. Artificial Intelligence is still not capable of making relatively simple decisions related to unforeseen events on the road. What I don't understand is why we don't first develop remote controlled vehicles rather than autonomous ones. If we take the road haulage industry for example. If a trucking company developed a remote controlled truck, it could significantly reduce its costs by operating its trucks 24 hrs a day instead of 12 at most. The drivers would just drive the truck in a relay taking 8 hour shifts. They could be in a more comfortable "video game" type environment and would sleep at home every night rather than being out on the road alone. You could imagine the same thing for buses, taxis, ships, trains and even planes. Instead of using our remote control capability to make War Drones why don't we use it to make life easier for all of us?
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